Spring luncheon and community notes in Washington
The Rocking Char Abri gade reports a sunny spring gathering at the Gates home with sixteen attendees including guest Mrs Nebergall. Members discuss minutes records, plans for four week meeting, and a peace agency talk by Mrs Morrison Jr. Updates cover local housing, printing past, garbage pickups, and spring yard work plus War Advertising Council figures and neighborhood moves.
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Nebergall
Carrie Berdo
Beause
Hospital notices and local society notes in Wellman
Admits include Oren Kepper for hand repair and amputation and James McCaleb as a medical patient. Newborns born to Virgil and Mrs Davis and to Mr and Mrs John H Davis bring seven pound nine and eight pounds eight ounces respectively. Several discharges and surgeries followed with community notices, fundraising for Red Cross and local club meetings and social events.
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Oren Kepper
Crawfordsville
James McCaleb
Dublin
Virgil Davis
Wellman
Walter Koebel
Wayland
Walter Rich
R. L. Richards
Cotter
Evelyn Randall
Muscatine
Andy Gardner
Passing Years Archive Brought To Light In Local Notes
A collection of brief items from a local paper covers a fire saved Henry Berdo’s home by town lines, a large crowd at Peter Widner’s funeral, the Chamber of Commerce forming with a $2,000 budget, Floyd Harvey’s infected foot, writer Mary Nye in Hollywood magazines, Nannie Laughead’s death in California, Aliene Milligan’s planned birthday column, Ray Minick purchasing a beauty shop, a staged Uncle Tom’s Cabin at the Commercial Club, Alice Rupp and Herbert Yerkes wedding, Revy Michels planning to start a local Lutheran church, and two Iowa City deaths by self harm discussed.
Japs Begin Expansion of the Pescadores Islands
The Pescadores, a 64-island archipelago totaling 50 square miles, were named at the Cairo conference as a territory to be returned to China. They lie between China and Formosa, with Japanese marines landing there in 1895 during the Sino Japanese war. China also ceded Formosa after the island group fell, marking the start of Japan's broader military expansion.
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Pescadores Islands
China
Formosa
Japan
Origins of Wright Field's Material Command in WWI era
The forerunner of the Army Air Forces Material Command began at Wright Field after the United States entered World War I. McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, served as a research and test center, quickly tackling wartime aviation projects including the Liberty engine, then the era’s most powerful airplane engine.
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Army Air Forces Material Command
Wright Field
United States
McCook Field
Dayton
Ohio
Textile workers face high blind vision rates
A report notes that fifty two percent of textile workers have faulty vision. The finding highlights occupational health concerns among mill laborers and calls for regular eye screenings and safety adjustments.
Car Found Restores Glenn Mace’s Stolen Vehicle
A car reported as belonging to Glenn Mace has been located. In related news, Nineteenth Century Club members contributed five dollars to the Improvement League to aid Washington beautification efforts.
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Glenn Mace
Nineteenth Century Club
Improvement League
Washington
Open School to Reopen After Short Shutdown
The Centennial schoolhouse will reopen next Monday and pupils will return immediately. This marks the end of a brief school dispute and resumes normal instruction.
Country club work session plans and memorial model
Country club members show enthusiasm as Harry Ward leads building plans and Judge C A Dewey directs grounds work to remove stumps with over 100 volunteers. J El lis Grayson serves as president. Mrs P D Horde visits with a soldier memorial model possibly for the square corner site. Trees were moved from Dr E T Wickham home to the county home. Lewis Wallace receives a war medal for Indian fighting.
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Country Club
Harry Ward
Judge C. A. Dewey
J. Ellis Grayson
I O O F Plans Hall Improvement
The local I O O F aims to spend four to five thousand dollars to improve their hall located north of the Colenso hotel across the alley. A ten pound son named Charles Eugene was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Thomas on March 21 1914. Mrs S L Ronaldson a prominent East Main street resident and entertaining woman died at her home.
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Colenso Hotel
Charles Thomas
Charles Eugene
Ronaldson
S. L. Ronaldson
East Main Street
Guests at Muscatine Honor Mr. and Mrs. Geisler Home
Mrs. I. Rothschild Mrs. A. Dewey and Mrs. Arch McCulley traveled to Muscatine to be guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Geisler yesterday.
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Muscatine
I. Rothschild
A. Dewey
Arch McCulley
Frank Geisler
Inter-Urban Meeting Sparks Interest in New Community
Enthusiastic citizens discuss establishing an Inter-Urban meeting plan to consider a broader community project. Local organizers urge involvement as talks explore potential benefits, funding, and timelines.
Deaths of the Week: Wellman Man Dies After Auto Crash
A Wellman man aged 77 died after a Sunday head on collision that also injured three others. The fatality followed injuries sustained in the auto accident.
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Wellman
Well Known Crawfordsville Woman Dies After Heart Attack
A 72 year old Crawfordsville woman died Monday morning following a heart attack.
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Crawfordsville
Obituaries and Deaths in Keota and Nearby Areas
Mrs Addie Romine Stewart wife of W A Stewart formerly of Keota died in New Buffalo Michigan age not stated She was mother of Warren Stewart of Washington automobile dealer Funeral services held in Keota 66 year old Brighton man died at University hospital Iowa City buried in Brighton His wife preceded him in death Miss Snider aged about 75 died at the home of her brother Roy Snider south of Kalona on Wednesday
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U. P. Church
Bible Dep’t
Marjorie Holbert
Iowa City
Paris
Lola Oldaker Coffey
Washington
D. Morrison
Washington County
Addie Romine Stewart
W. A. Stewart
Keota
New Buffalo
Mich
Warren Stewart
Brighton
University Hospital
Miss Snider
Roy Snider
Kalona
Arrow Shots on Washington Politicking Before Election
A Washington Democrat laments during campaign season that opponents claim votes swing their way. The piece muses on old fashioned honesty in leadership, widowers’ courts, bank fronts, town reputations, and social quirks, ending with a note on planning to move to Cuba and a reflection on interpreting divine guidance.
News Review highlights and hometown notes from wartime pages
A broad roundup reports fur drives for servicemen, cattle shipments to Panama including Henry Leichty, and a near completion of the remodeled Burlington station. It notes letters from Sgt Harry Fullerton held in a German prison camp, Lt D Schlaubaugh wounded in Italy, and Lt Roy Voorhees bombing railway shops. It covers Red Cross gifts, aviation and Army nurses in Australia, local weddings, furloughs, club events, and obituaries in Davenport and Grinnell.
Review of the Week's News From Washington County
A district conference of the A A A from ten southeastern counties met at the Y in Washington. Various local items include divorce suits, military assignments, marriages, moves to Minnesota and Texas, a Daughters of Union Veterans gathering, and upcoming Holy Week services. Red Cross drive progress and a March snow event are noted along with enlistees and post assignments.
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Y In Washington
Week with Grandparents Showed Joy for All
The writer spent the week with his grandmother and grandfather, Dr. H. C. Hulls, noting it would be hard to say who enjoyed it most.
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Dr. H. ¢C. Hulls
Renewal of West Chester Telephone Exchange Incorporation
Notice of renewal of incorporation for West Chester Telephone Exchange in West Chester Iowa. Details include continued name and address, business of maintaining a telephone system in the town and state, authorized capital stock of 16606.08, renewal term of twenty years, board of eight directors, officers to be elected, stockholder property exemption from debts, and official dates with signatures of president and secretary.
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West Chester
Iowa
Board of Directors
Wall
Board of Direct
Ion
Stoe
Westchter Telephone
J. A. Huber
Mae DeLong
Trevel
Jointed snake lizard uses wriggling tail to escape predators
A curious legless lizard known as the Bass or jointed snake drags its tail while slipping away, attracting pursuers. The tail is replaced by a spike, a shorter and less perfect tail, a remarkable but rare ability among lizards.
Pescadores Describe Early Chinese Occupation and Trade Opening
The Pescadores were first occupied by China in 589 6044 and by 1300 the islands were part of the Chinese empire. They were among the early oriental regions opened to global commerce.
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Pescadores
China
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